Shpatsirn zaynen mir
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Shpatsirn zaynen mir beyde gegangen; Fil dunern un blitsn zaynen aribergegangen. Oy, kh’hob geton aza zakh: Kh’hob gor nit batrakht. Kh’hob gemeynt, az s’iz tog, tsum sof iz gor nakht. Oy! Mame, mame! Du bist dokh gerekht: Az men folgt nit keyn eltern, kumt aroys shlekht! Kh’hob geshpilt a libe — Kh’hob gemeynt, s’vet zayn gut, Un itst fargist men vi vaser mayn blut. Oy, kh’hob geton aza zakh … Vi gut un vi voyl volt undz geven, Ven mir voltn beyde a porfolk geven! Oy, kh’hob geton aza zakh …
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Engel (1868 - 1927), "Shpatsirn zaynen mir", 1909 [ chorus ], from Yidishe folkslider (1909) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 91